Sitting beside two forceful presidential candidates, grandfatherly Bob Schieffer wasn’t able to get in many words.
But he did make a linguistic error when he described the academic performance of American students, whose math and science scores lag. “The implications of this are clearly obvious,” Schieffer said.
The implications may be clear and they may be obvious. [...]

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Tonight was John McCain’s chance to champion Joe the Plumber, and he seized the opportunity with vigor. Whenever conversation veered, he brought it back on track. “We’re talking about Joe the Plumber,” he reminded Barack Obama at one point.
As thrilled as Joe may be, linguists were less satisfied with McCain’s performance.
In a humorous twist on [...]

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